STAND. COM. REP. NO.  34

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 26

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 26 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFANT AND TODDLER CHILD CARE CENTERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Human Services (DHS) to adopt administrative rules to implement a standardized set of procedures to file complaints and grievances against infant and toddler child care centers.

     A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  DHS testified in opposition to this bill. 

     Your Committee finds that the adopted rules by DHS should include the requirement that all infant and toddler child care centers licensed by DHS, provide a copy of the standardized set of procedures to all parents or legal guardians of an infant or toddler enrolled in a child care center, as well as their respective employees.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 26, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 26, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair